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How to Make a Rubber Band Gun Step-by-Step

You can shoot a rubber band by wrapping the band around one hand in a particular way and then releasing the wound band from your hand by releasing your thumb, as though it is a gun trigger, and "shooting" the rubber band. With enough practice and aim, you can shoot the rubber bands great distances and with impressive accuracy. Take care to wrap the rubber band correctly so it does not snap back at your own hand.

Things You'll Need

Rubber band

Instructions

- 1
  Orient your left hand so the palm faces to the right. Point the thumb up, the middle finger to the right, and the pointer finger straight ahead.
- 2
  Hang a rubber band from your middle finger, letting the band rest just at the bottom of the nail. Hold the other end of the band with the opposite hand between your pointer finger and thumb.
- 3
  Pull the band toward yourself, then wrap it around the base of the thumb, bringing the band to the left, behind the base of the thumb, until it touches the webbing between the thumb and pointer.
- 4
  Hook the rubber band onto the pointer finger so the rubber band lies along the finger and loops over the finger.
- 5
  Shoot the rubber band by quickly moving the middle finger in toward the palm.

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